New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks as he introduces President Barack Obama at the University at Albany's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany on Tuesday, May 8, 2012.(Photo: MIKE GROLL AP file photo)Buy Photo

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo today brushed aside talk of a potential presidential run in 2016 in a rare national television interview, saying he is focusing on governing and then his re-election in November.

Cuomo appeared on the "Opening Bell with Maria Bartiromo" on the FOX Business Network, and as Bartiromo ended the interview, she asked him about 2016.

"Is your friend Hillary Clinton in that seat now or what? Is the presidency off the table, then?" asked Bartiromo, who for the last three years has hosted Cuomo's regional council awards event in Albany.

But then, after just moment prior not saying definitively that's he running for re-election, made it clear: His focus is on 2014 -- when he will seek a second term.

"I'm running for governor of the state of New York," Cuomo said as the interview ended.

Before that exchange, Cuomo was asked about his 2014 prospects.

"I'm trying to stay away from the politics until I finish the government, because once you start the political speak, the government stops," Cuomo said. "We've had good luck here in New York state avoiding gridlock and paralysis, and I work very well on both sides of the aisle."

He said the legislative session runs through June.

"I want to stay away from talking any politics until June. But if I was doing the political market forecast, Maria, for your show, I would say, my long-term projection is that Andrew Cuomo may run for re-election in the state of New York."